Globally 30 percent of the food produced never reaches to a human stomach (FAO, 2021). Tackling food loss and waste benefits the climate, food security, and sustainability of agri-food systems. India suffers
The government has decided to impose specific and stringent conditions on foreign investors entering the seeds segment of the biotechnology sector. The policy in place includes restraint against
The Agriculture Ministry has evolved a new strategy to increase production in the country that involves making various agricultural schemes more location and area specific. Union Agriculture
The food ministry has refused to recognise Pusa No 1, which forms one-third of India's six-lakh tonne yearly basmati exports, as a genuine basmati variety and directed all state governments to put
The Primary Industries Ministry has come up with a long-term plan to establish mini estates to grow rubber trees from newly-discovered clones which not only produce more latex but also good quality
The focus of agriculture development in Orissa is on chalking out new strategies for soil and water conservation, the two areas considered vital to boost foodgrain production. The growth on the two
The fast pace of urbanization, changing lifestyles of the people, rampant encroachment of land, mostly due to the abnormal growth of population, and by the neighbouring States of Nagaland and
Canadian health officials have rejected the genetically engineered dairy hormome BGH, upholding a ban on its use in cattle because of ill effects to the animals. The drug, known as bovine growth
Life sciences firm Monsanto Co. has said it agreed to produce glyphosate, the active ingredient in its Roundup herbicide, for Dow Chemical Co., Monsanto's fifth such licensing agreement in recent
A group of more than 500 Indian farmers is preparing to come to the United Kingdom to protest against the British Parliament, multinational companies and banks for their "greed and free-market
Genetically engineered cotton seeds - for which trials (as well as protests against) are on - are likely to be introduced within the next 12 to 18 months, if all goes well. Already approval has been
